Unusual Robin Hood mosaic took three days and nearly 2,000 handmade pies to create

The image is made up of 1,811 individually handmade cooked and uncooked pies, using a combination of Jus-Rol Shortcrust, Puff and Filo pastry.
It then took three painstaking days to place each one into the perfect position. Cocoa powder, currants, sesame seeds, caster sugar and brown sugar were used for the outlining and some of the detailing.

Well, pie never! Nottingham's favourite folklore hero Robin Hood has been immortalised innumerable times over the years but this latest depiction is a crust above.

A dedicated ensemble of bakers handmade 1,811 individual pies before spending three painstaking days carefully placing them into the perfect position to create a portrait of the famous outlaw.

Cocoa powder, currants, sesame seeds, caster sugar and brown sugar were used for the outlining and some of the detailing.

It was created ahead of British Pie Week which starts on Monday, March 4.

Holly Bouldin from Jus-Rol, the pastry company used to make the pies, said: “Founded back in 2007 by Jus-Rol, British Pie Week aims to inspire the nation to celebrate one of the greatest British classic foods and we wanted to pay tribute to that love by creating an impressive image which is synonymous to Nottingham and the East Midlands.”

Inspired by the image, the food company has launched a contest to pit the country’s regions against each other to create the best new pie that bakes in the iconic flavours and ingredients of that area.

The image is made up of 1,811 individually handmade cooked and uncooked pies

A UK-wide poll uncovered the pielights of the East Midland’s love of all things encased in pastry and found that the average East Midlander eats three pies a month – that’s approximately 2,160 pies over the course of an average adult lifetime.

Asked for their favourite pie filling, the crowned chicken and mushroom pie as their ultimate preference. Coming in second was beef and ale with apple pie rounding it off in third place.

When it comes to dusting off the rolling pin and making pies at home, the survey revealed that people from the East Midlands enjoy getting into the kitchen with one in five saying they bake a homemade pie every month.

To enter the contest, send an image and the recipe inspired by the flavours of the East Midlands to jusrol.co.uk for a chance to win £5,000. Competition closes at midnight on Sunday, March 10.

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